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by The Chief on May 30th, 2009
Sure beats the heck outta watching bowling, billiards, fishing, and card players.
by john pennington on May 30th, 2009
Its the same as somone trying to hit a golf ball into a small hole in the ground.
I don't get it, either.
by POP Fan on July 29th, 2009
They did a study that says: the reason people like to watch sports is because the nerve endings that fire while you are watching the game are the same ones that fire when you are actually playing the sport yourself. So I guess anybody who would enjoy DRIVING a car on La Sarthe or Laguna Seca would also enjoy WATCHING people do the same.
by Shan is Purrrrrfectly Happy on June 12th, 2009
i think its an excuse to drink beer and watch crash & burns. it is mindnumbingly boring to me.
by bagicide stayed 10 months too long on May 30th, 2009
I don't get it either. I understand that some important innovations in our family cars have come out of racing, and that it is a testing ground for new technologies, but I don't derive any excitement from watching it, any more than I could cheer in a Consumer Reports test lab.
by Fiddle Playing Creole Bastard on May 29th, 2009
I've heard they watch it for the wrecks. I never understood the appeal. I always thought you could watch the last lap of the race and know everything that happened. I'm not going to rally against their right to watch cars go in a circle, though, even if I think car racing is stupid.
by bandit lets go jets on May 29th, 2009
excuse me its not 20 its 43 some people just don't get it and you never will but thats cool with me i respect your opinion
by john pennington on November 8th, 2009
Its the same attraction that a golfer has trying to hit a small ball into a hole in the ground, 500 miles away.
Its stupid.
by hurricane on November 8th, 2009
Baffles me, on top of that, the public are being told to conserve fuel!!!
by buttkisses on October 29th, 2009
It is like any other sport, it's about competition and living vicariously through your favorite team or player. =)
by jobunk520 on October 9th, 2009
for one something can happen the last lap and they lose the race.also the only sports event where you can go be around intoxicated people without there being a jerk or fight with you
by alyssamorgn on July 30th, 2009
I dont understand either maybe because they get into crashes but other then that it is a bleak excitment..
OH LOOK HE MADE A LEFT
OH YAY ANOTHER LEFT
AND AGAIN ANOTHER LEFT
:-)
by celticmoonlight on July 30th, 2009
better then watching people kick a ball around a field
by Wynper on July 30th, 2009
NASCAR, the so called sport invented for people too stupid to understand wrestling!
by Toiletcruncher on July 30th, 2009
If the attraction of a sport needs explaining to you, then the sport is clearly not for you. So therefore any efforts to do so would be a waste of time.
by devilman-wants a golden labrador on July 30th, 2009
i don`t get it either.i jusst wait for the crashes.+5
by Jay J on July 30th, 2009
If they didnt wreck once in a while there would be no attraction
by Anonymous on June 12th, 2009
I've been wanting to know this myself. My only conclusion is - the crashes. A little strange, but that's my opinion.
by shammers still slogging along on June 12th, 2009
It's called "race enthusiast." That bug never bit me even though I was married to a racer. Race enthusiasts enjoy most types of racing.
by Anonymous on May 30th, 2009
My guess that it's similar to the attraction of watching two sets of 5 to 11 grown men try to get a ball/puck to the other team's area and put it in some random location while following a fairly obscure set of rules.
by Vintage... on May 29th, 2009
I don't see the attraction. It's akin to watching big guys in helmets and padded shoulders running 5 yards with a ball, then being tackled and crushed by a pile of other guys in helmets and padded shoulders; only to have the next guy with the ball do exactly the same thing. Although, I must admit watching the players with bandaged arms/calves/ankles do lend a sort of morbid curiosity to the event. (But I do like soccer, guys, go figure!)
by phirad -you can call me Mike on May 29th, 2009
I don't get it, nor do I get golf. I watch poker and not many get that. Everyone has thier thing.
by Lucky on May 29th, 2009
Waiting for a muffler to fall off.
by Autism Knows is finally Maestro on May 29th, 2009
Their mistakes! Thats the fun stuff!
by ChrisDC on May 29th, 2009
Hypnosis enducing things are, by definition, fascinating.
by RC loves ice cream on May 29th, 2009
Sometimes they bump into each other or the walls and then the result is really spectacular.
by schmee2369 on November 8th, 2009
Nope, cuz I dont understand it myself.
by ThorThpot on November 8th, 2009
Crash
by Ion on November 8th, 2009
Nothing, I dont even consider it a sport. Lets get a workout by pressing the gas pedal!!!
by dragonfly on November 8th, 2009
none
by detailer on November 8th, 2009
If it has to be explained,you wouldn't understand.Besides,we're not allowed enough characters.
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